The treaty provided for the end of Chinese suzerainty over Korea, giving Korea independence, and for the cession to Japan of Taiwan, the Pescadores islands, and Port Arthur and the Liaodong peninsula.

• 马关条约结束了中国对于朝鲜的宗主权，使中方承认了朝鲜独立，同时迫使中国割让了台湾、澎湖列岛、旅顺港和辽东半岛给日本。